Far away in Erhai Lake, it was quiet.
The sudden appearance of Kern always caused trouble from time to time, messing up the quite inn.
He said he wanted to swim.
Carol's eyes were popping out of her head. "You can’t swim in the lake."
Kern insisted on swimming, "I'm a good swimmer and the water is clear. I won't swim far away and I would only swim on the edge of the front yard."
"But you can’t swim in the lake..."
Carol looked at the handsome man who ignored what she said. He waved his hand smartly and said, "I'm going to change my clothes."
Kern was gone, and Carol looked vaguely over her shoulder at the woman.
"Boss... What's on Kern’s mind? Why can't I understand what he's saying?"
The woman pouted her mouth, "He still has to stay here for a few more days. Hurriedly sell that room out on the net."
"Boss!” Like discovering a new land, Carol, with one hand covering her mouth and the other pointing to the woman on the couch, said, "Oh, I get it! Boss, you're kicking Kern out, weren't you??"
The woman rolled her eyes, "You just got it?"
Carol was about to speak when she saw something out of the corner of her eyes. She stopped for a moment and stood petrified, staring, agape, at the person coming this way.
"Carol? Why open your mouth so wide...?" The woman's voice stopped abruptly. But she also looked stunned...
Kern curled his lips and proudly showed off his figure. "Do I look good?" Suddenly he squatted down and whispered in the woman's ear, "You've got it. I don't show it to most people."
After a long time...
The woman kept calm and said. "You... do you feel cold?"
Kern paused... “'Do you have anything else to say?
He doubted whether she was a woman.
"Boss... Look again. How am I?"
At the moment, Kern was like the fawning men of the ancient court.
The woman didn't speak. Carol pointed at Kern and said,
"Kern! You have eight-pack abs! Okay, okay, okay... It is sexy!" With that, a warm nosebleed trickled out of his nostrils. "No, no, Kern, get dressed.
But he couldn’t swim in that lake."
She strongly suspected that Kern had deliberately dressed like this to show off his abs and hang out in front of her boss.
As a young girl, Carol had watched so many Korean dramas, Japanese dramas and Taiwanese dramas. In Carol's little head, there were endless romantic scenes
The assistant with Kern, a big man, stood in the corner of the hall, where showed no sense of presence, and blushed.
He looked away from his wise master.
He blushed for his master.
What trick was that? When did he learn the old-fashioned way to chase the woman?
Kern deliberately got close to the woman who showed an ambiguous smile and asked faintly,
"Mr. Lo, were you proud of your figure?"
"Am I out of shape? Am I not good?”
"Well... For a figure like Mr. Lo's, it's so ordinary. I've seen several of them."
Kern felt like being dealt with a blow. "How many have you seen?"
His point was, "You've seen."
But when it came to women, the point was... "Yes, quite a few."
"I don't believe it. I don't believe you've seen several.”
"If Mr. Lo doesn't believe me, I'll prove it to you tonight. Mr. Lo, do you dare to make this bet with me?"
"In the evening? You would prove that?” With every word he uttered, there was an extra suspicion in his words.
"How? Doesn't Mr. Lo dare?"
'Who said I wouldn't? But how would she prove it to him tonight?
After some hesitation, he looked suspiciously at the woman before him. "Tonight? were you sure?"
"Yes, tonight."
Kern’s heart beat fast.
She would prove it tonight and it had to do with the shape... Would she want to...
"Okay, I'll bet with you."
"Well."
"Wait a minute. What's the bet? What's in it for me if I win?"
An evil smile flashed by his eyes. He was a merchant, and a merchant would have benefits in mind.
The woman lowered her eyelids to hide the smile in her deep eyes.
"Well, you decide."
When she raised her eyes, the smile was just fading away, but facing the sunlight, it reflected a strange beauty.
Kern's heart gave a quick jump and his throat moved slightly,
"Well, I will decide. Would you agree to everything I decide? Everything I offer?"
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The readers' comments on the novel: I've Been There Before (Grace and Caden)
How can a woman suffer so much? How can a man be too cruel initially robbing her of dignity and all, then deceiving her after he knows he loves her? How can they not remarry, making their offspring illegitimate? The line between love and hatred is truly fine indeed! Thank you for this story....